Bristol Rovers 3-2 York City: result and report
League Two · Saturday 24 August 2013
Result
Bristol Rovers 3-2 York City
League Two · Saturday 24 August 2013, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Bristol Rovers 3-2 York City: match report
Bristol Rovers defeated York City 3-2 in the League Two on Saturday 24 August 2013. It was 2-1 at half-time.
David Clarkson opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from David Clarkson (3'), David Clarkson (33') and John-Joe O'Toole (67'). York City scored through Ryan Jarvis (40') and Ryan Jarvis (64', penalty).
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards; York City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 20th on 1 point from 3 and York City 14th on 4 points from 3. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 21st with 51 points, and York City 6th with 72.
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read L-D-L and York City's D-L-W.
Key events
- 3'Goal · David Clarkson
- 26'Yellow card · Chris Smith
- 33'Goal · David Clarkson
- 35'Yellow card · A. Chambers
- 40'Goal · Ryan Jarvis
- 42'Yellow card · Tom Parkes
- 43'Red card · Ryan Bowman
- 64'Penalty goal · Ryan Jarvis
- 67'Goal · John-Joe O'Toole
- 90+1'Yellow card · Mitch Harding
- 90+2'Yellow card · Ryan Brunt
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up
Steve Mildenhall, Michael Smith, Tom Parkes, Lee Brown, Mark McChrystal, Tom Lockyer, John-Joe O'Toole, Oliver Norburn, Alefe Santos, David Clarkson, Ryan Brunt
York City line-up
Michael Ingham, Lanre Oyebanjo, Ben Davies, Chris Smith, Danny Parslow, Tom Allan, Craig Clay, Tom Platt, Wes Fletcher, Ashley Chambers, Ryan Jarvis